While it’s a fact that there has been an increase in the number of fighters missing weight in recent years, White said he believes that the method fighters use to cut weight rather than space between weight classes is the key.

“There’s ways to cut weight,” White said. “There’s safe ways. There’s scientific ways. Nutritionists can help you do this. Everybody just wants to take shortcuts and the easy way. But there is no easy way when you’re cutting weight.”

He added that the UFC is trying to help its fighters make weight safely.

“What we’ve been doing is Jeff Novitzky, the guy we hired who handles all the USADA stuff, he’s tracking all these guys’ weights,” White said. “He tracks them. When you come in the week of the fight we find out where you are compared to where you were the last couple times you fought.”